Tahsin Şahinkaya, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Turkish general
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Place of Birth: Merzifon, Turkey
About Tahsin Şahinkaya
- Tahsin Sahinkaya (1 May 1925 – 9 July 2015) was a Turkish Air Force general.
- He was Commander of the Turkish Air Force from 1978 to 1983, and previously Secretary-General of the National Security Council (1977–1978).
- He was one of the five leaders of the 1980 military coup, and after the coup he was a member of the Presidential Council. In 2012, a court case was launched against Sahinkaya and Kenan Evren relating to the 1980 military coup.
- Both were sentenced to life imprisonment on 18 June 2014 by a court in Ankara, the capital of Turkey.
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